Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
Lt. Col Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Trump’s impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years of military service, after he determined that his future “will forever be limited” due to political retaliation, CNN reports.
His attorney says Vindman has endured a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation” spearheaded by Trump following his testimony in the impeachment probe last year.
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